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383January 1969
$0.12

Detective Comics #383

DC · January 1969 · on sale 1968-11-21

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#383
Publication date
January 1969
Key date
1969-01-00
On-sale date
1968-11-21
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Batman with Robin the Boy Wondercover1pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1The Fortune-Cookie Caper!comic story14.17script: Frank Robbins; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Joe GiellaBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tommy Chee; Yin Yan; Hu Shi
3-letters page1script: Julius Schwartz
4Pursuit of the Bugged Bandits!comic story8script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Sid GreeneElongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny; Billy Warner
5Batman's Hot-Line -- Extraletters page1script: Julius Schwartz

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ISBN 978-1-4012-2314-4
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